New Administrative Services Director Douglas Alessio knows that he has a challenge to face, stepping into the shoes vacated by outgoing Director Paul Rankin, whom Alessio recognizes as having been ...

In mid-July, the Orinda Network for Education (ONE Orinda) hired Emily Allen as executive director. Allen, who is a resident of Orinda, is close to the education community. Her husband is the head ...

Some of the many Kiwanis members who assisted with the candy shop, from left: Tim Freeman, Linda Zoccoli, Karen Reed, and Dick Ayres. Picture courtesy of the Moraga Kiwanis Moraga Kiwanis has just ...

It appears that Moraga Shopping Center's Safeway is going to have some competition in the not-so-distant future. The Planning Commission approved a partial redevelopment of the Rheem Valley Shopping ...

The Lafayette Partners in Education Executive Director Search Committee announced Dec. 20 that Elizabeth Horpedahl is LPIE's new executive director. Horpedahl will step into "a healthy, thriving ...

Acalanes girls basketball (11-3) is a team without a senior on the roster, but they can claim to be as experienced as any opponent they will face this year. With a starting lineup of five juniors, ...

The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office filed criminal charges in December against former fire district Battalion Chief Lou Manzo, who was charged with 12 counts of grand theft and ...

Participants in the 2nd Diamon Center Night, sitting in the choice court-level student section, wait for Saint Mary's to take the court against San Jose State. Photo Robin Schoettler Fox With Saint ...

Some of us remember, some of us don't, and some of us recall fondly that which we never lived. The worst of times can also be the best of times - put on hold the more trying events of the 30's and ...

Addressed as "Mayor Dawson" at the start of a phone conversation two weeks after the Dec. 11 city council meeting during which the annual reorganization to approve a new mayor was enacted, her reply ...

"Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude."~ Roy T. Bennett, "The Light in the Heart" Here's to a happier new year in 2021! Trying to find happiness in the midst of turmoil, loss, and worry has ...

In the summer of 2011, both the Lafayette and Orinda Union School Districts welcomed new special services directors, when, by coincidence, the former directors for both districts retired with a ...